SOOLSHYNE THE SHOOTING STAR

About the Book

This story was inspired by a very real and very amazing little boy, my son Soolshyne. It was written by my dear friend, Dr. Jon-Michael Castelli, and illustrate by myself ( Martial Yapo ). The doctor and I were friends before this tragedy, but Soolshyne’s passing has formed mystical and profound bond between us. While the story is fable, the magic it describes is very very real. Soolshyne passed away at the very hospital in which Jon-Michael works. The story came to Jon-Michael as he looked to the full moon the same night Soolshyne passed. He knew little of my family’s details before writing, and it seems obvious to us that the story is both a gift and a message Soolshyne wants us to share with the world.

About the Author

Jon-Michael Castelli was born in Weirton, West Virginia, where he lived until leaving for college at Duke University. He earned his MD from the Ohio State University College of Medicine in 2004. He trained in pediatrics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. He married his wife Holli in 2007, and currently lives with her in San Francisco, where he is a Pediatric Hospital Medicine doctor. Martial Yapo was born in Normandie , in France, where he lived until leaving for college at the architecture school of Paris la Vilette. He earned his MD in July 2007 and immigrate in USA in September 2007. He is currently a young entrepreneur Artist designer leaving in San Francisco.